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THE GUAZUTI-DEEK, 



Mazama campestris. SMITH. 

 PLATE XVII. 



Del Guazuti, Azara, Apvntamientos, p. 41. No. 5 Cervus 

 campestris, Desm. Mammalogie^ 444. Griffith's Cuv. iv. 

 p. 136. Lichtenstein, Saugethiere, pi. xix., male female, 

 and young. 



THIS is another of the beautiful South American 

 deer, recorded in the works ot Azara, but which for 

 long after remained in comparative obscurity, and is 

 now rarely met with in a collection. A figure is given 

 by Major Smith, from a specimen exhibited in Lou- 

 don, under the name of Cushew ; but we have again 

 recourse to the plate of Lichtenstein, of a later date, 

 for the accompanying illustration. It is not nearly 

 so large as the former, standing only about two feet 

 six inches high at the shoulder. The horns are more 

 slender, also, about a foot in length, and with gene- 

 rally two snags. It inhabits the open plains, instead 

 of the forests or thickets, and possesses great swift- 

 ness, so much so, that Azara mentions a horse can- 

 not overtake it. According to the same author, the 

 flesh of the young is delicate, but that of the adult 



